An executive shakeup at ABC leaves Paul Lee forced out as the network’s entertainment president. Channing Dungey has been named his successor. Dungey, ABC’s drama chief and an ABC veteran known as “the Shonda Rhimes’ whisperer,” becomes the first female African American to run a broadcast network.

While Lee had faced lousy ratings and much criticism in recent months — think “Blood & Oil,” “The Muppets” — he will be remembered for making good on his promise to make ABC comedies and dramas more inclusive.

He specifically embraced diversity, introducing shows like “black-ish,” “American Crime” and “Fresh Off the Boat.” At the time, Lee told TV critics, “People want to see what they live, voices that reflect the America they know.” In fact, Lee said, if you look at shows that appear to lack diversity, they actually look dated because “America doesn’t look like that anymore.”

Catching up with the times, CBS this year allowed affiliates and owned stations in the Pacific and Mountain time zones (like KCNC-Channel 4 in Denver) to opt into a live broadcast of the Grammy Awards. The show won’t be tape-delayed here to synch with primetime and higher ad rates as in the past.

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by two-time Grammy winner LL COOL J, will be broadcast live Monday, Feb. 15, even here in the Mountain time zone, from 6-9:30 p.m. The red carpet hoopla can be seen starting at 5 p.m. MT.

That means for once the Twitter comments from the East Coast won’t ruin the surprises locally. We won’t have to studiously avoid commentary while awaiting the old-fashioned delayed broadcast.

It was a promo, not a commercial, but it may end up among the most talked about spots of the big game: CBS announced this season will be the last for “The Good Wife” in a surprise spot during Super Bowl 50.

The network announced the show’s final nine episodes will wrap up Sunday, May 8. Robert and Michelle King, the creators-writers-producers, had announced their departure after this season, but there was talk the series might continue without them. Judging by how the show has wound down after reinventing itself numerous times, it seems the right call by CBS.

In a statement, CBS said, it “feels very right to end with the seven-year story its creators envisioned, and to celebrate the show’s final run while at the top of its creative game… It is a series that will only grow in prestige as its episodes are watched again or discovered by new viewers for many years to come.”

The show is averaging nearly 11 million viewers per episode.

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Television’s celebration of popular musicals in live broadcasts continues with “Grease: Live” on Fox, airing Sunday, locally less than live: tape-delayed to run 6-9 p.m. on KDVR-Channel 31.

“Grease” is the word but “Coke” will be a close second. The overall sponsor has landed a Coke vending machine onstage, front and center, among other mentions.

Unlike NBC’s recent efforts (“The Wiz” and, less spectacularly, “The Sound of Music”), “Grease” will be performed in front of a studio audience. How that affects timing and energy level remains to be seen.

Per the release, “The acquisition expands Red Arrow’s US production base into areas including outdoor adventure programming, for which Orion is one of the world’s largest producers.” Red Arrow will sell the Orion/Dorsey formats and programs globally.

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The man who yelled “cut!” on some of TV’s top comedies over the years will be saluted as he completes 1,000 episodes. James Burrows, the most celebrated, most prolific TV comedy director in history, will be honored in a special on NBC Sunday, Feb. 21.

Anyone who remembers laughing through “Cheers,” “Friends,” “Frasier,” “Taxi, “Will & Grace” and “The Big Bang Theory” owes a debt to the director who squeezed the most humor possible out of those casts and scripts. Burrows’ vision shaped what we think of as modern TV comedy.

“Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows” will assemble many of the actors from those shows in a nod to the bygone days when a big chunk of the population actually gathered to watch live network TV. When NBC coined “must see TV” it was apt. The next day’s water-cooler phenomenon was real. Now, of course, our attention is dispersed over many platforms, the TV schedule matter less and less, and Twitter takes care of the water-cooler buzz in real time.

It’s not intended as a reunion, but it may feel like one. The special is also a way for NBC to introduce its latest comedy, “Crowded,” on which Burrows is both director and executive producer. (He’s pictured above with Stacy Keach and Patrick Warburton.)

“London Spy,” premiering Jan. 21 on BBC America, is a complex, sometimes cryptic import that is worth puzzling over. The cast is first rate, starting with Ben Whishaw (“The Hour”), and continuing through Charlotte Rampling (“Broadchurch”) and Jim Broadbent (“Longford”). The suspense is consistent over the five parts.

The thriller opens with the chance meeting of two quite different men and continues into spycraft, a cover-up and a fight against injustice.

By chance, Danny (Whishaw), a hard-partying young man in a dead-end job, meets Alex (Edward Holcroft, “Wolf Hall”), a buttoned-up, seemingly friendless investment banker. A gay love affair ensues, until tragedy strikes. No spoilers, but Alex’s true identity is exposed: he works for MI6, the secret intelligence service.

The source material is so specific, it’s a wonder the TV adaptation manages to be more classy than lurid: In 2010, the body of deceased male was found locked inside a gym bag in an apartment connected to the U.K.’s security services. That event became a tabloid sensation.

This riveting mystery from author Tom Rob Smith (Child 44) avoids the sleazy angles to focus on the persecution of gays, the abuse of power by government agencies and the power of personal integrity. Was the love affair real? Is there a truth beyond what the tabloids said? Danny is intent on finding out. The tale may be baffling at times, but Whishaw’s emotional portrayal of vulnerable, raging, ultimately ethical Danny is brilliant.

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning throws a pass in the first quarter of a divisional round playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on Jan. 17, 2016. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)

The Broncos scored on TV, too.

The telecast of the Broncos-Steelers playoff game scored predictably ginormous ratings in the winning team’s home state: Colorado sets were tuned to CBS4. Nationally, it was the highest-rated AFC divisional playoff game in 21 years, CBS said, as well as the highest-rated game of the 2015-16 season on any network in the metered markets.

The game was seen by an average 43 million viewers, making it the second-largest viewer average for a Sunday AFC Divisional Playoff game on any network in 29 years (as far back as CBS records go).

Chuck Lorre, prolific comedy producer best known for “The Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Mike and Molly” and “Mom,” is prepping a Colorado-set pop comedy, The Hollywood Reporter posted today.

Co-written by Lorre and David Javerbaum (“The Daily Show”) the spec script for the as yet untitled half-hour is set at a legal marijuana dispensary in Colorado, THR reported.

The ensemble revolves around a group of potheads.

“Pot comedies have been in high demand across broadcast, cable, premium and streaming outlets,” the magazine noted.

Amazon recently tapped Margaret Cho to star in pot comedy “Highland”; HBO picked up six episodes of the popular web series “High Maintenance” and NBC is teaming with Adam and Naomi Scott to develop “Buds,” set in Denver.

John Travolta and Nikki Blonsky in “Hairspray” the movie.Photo by NEW LINE CINEMA

NBC today announced the Tony-award winning musical “Hairspray” will be the network’s next live theatrical venture.

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will again produce for NBC. The pair also produced the 2007 musical adaptation of “Hairspray.”

Based on the 1988 John Waters film of the same name, “Hairspray” won eight 2003 Tony Awards including Best Score (Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman), Best Book (Thomas Meehan and Mark O’Donnell), Best Actress in a Musical (Marissa Jaret Winokur) and Best Actor (Harvey Fierstein).

NBC had previously announced “The Music Man” for the 2015 holiday slot but bumped it for “The Wiz.” That turned out to be a good bet for NBC — “The Wiz Live” was a critical and popular success. That telecast not only erased unhappy memories of previous musicals “The Sound of Music Live” and “Peter Pan Live!” but afforded overnight stardom for Shanice Williams, 19, as Dorothy.

No casting or date was announced for “Hairspray,” but it is expected in December 2016.

Joanne Ostrow has been watching TV since before "reality" required quotation marks. "Hill Street Blues" was life-changing. If Dickens, Twain or Agatha Christie were alive today, they'd be writing for television. And proud of it.